The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of the involuntary exclamations of pain, surprise, pleasure or wonder_________________?

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1. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of human instinct to imitate sounds _______________?

   A. Ding Dong theory
   B. The Bow-vow theory
   C. The Pooh-pooh theory
   D. The Gesture theory

2. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated in the sense of rhythm innate in man ?

   A. Ding Dong theory
   B. The Bow__vow theory
   C. The Pooh__pooh theory
   D. The Gesture theory

3. The theory which Is based upon the assumption that language has been formed from the words uttered by groups of persons engaged in joint burdensome labour ?

   A. The Yo__He__Ho Theory
   B. The Gesture theory
   C. The Poo__Pooh theory
   D. Ding__Dong theory.

4. The quote “take then henceforth thy pleasure for guide” comes from which text ?

   A. Vita Nuova
   B. The Convivio
   C. De Vulgari Eloquentia
   D. The Divine Comedy

5. How does this quotation from Behn’s Oroonoko most suggest its status as an early novel: “I do not pretend, in giving you the history of this Royal Slave, to entertain my reader with adventures of a feigned hero, whose life and fortunes fancy may manage at the poet’s pleasure.” ?

   A. It focuses on a royal hero.
   B. It denies being imagined in favor of claims of realism.
   C. It focuses on adventures.
   D. It connects to poetry.

6. Who wrote: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan /A stately pleasure dome decree…”?

   A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   B. Robert Browning
   C. John Keats
   D. Walt Whitman

7. What was most frequently considered a source of pleasure and an object of inquiry by Augustan poets ?

   A. civilization
   B. woman
   C. God
   D. nature

8. What was most frequently considered a source of pleasure and an object of inquiry by Augustan poets ?

   A. civilization
   B. woman
   C. God
   D. nature

9. In which work do you read: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree…” ?

   A. Kubla Khan
   B. Hellas
   C. The Phoenix and the Turtle
   D. The Castaway

10. The study of language and mind, which has greatly advanced our understanding of the way in which we acquire language is_________?

    A. Sociolinguistics
    B. Psycholinguisctics
    C. Biolinguistics
    D. None of these

    Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo